{"id":5665,"date":"2018-05-11T06:12:58","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T10:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/?p=5665"},"modified":"2018-05-11T06:12:58","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T10:12:58","slug":"week-13-inch-by-inch-row-by-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/week-13-inch-by-inch-row-by-row\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 13 \u2013 Inch by Inch, Row by Row"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Inch by inch, row by row<\/em><em><br \/>\nGonna make this garden grow<br \/>\nAll it takes is a rake and a hoe<br \/>\nAnd a piece of fertile ground<br \/>\nInch by inch, row by row<br \/>\nSomeone bless these seeds I sow<br \/>\nSomeone warm them from below<br \/>\nTill the rain comes tumbling down.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>~ Songwriter David Mallett<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5666\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/tulips_grow_your_garden.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/tulips_grow_your_garden.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/tulips_grow_your_garden-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/tulips_grow_your_garden-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When I was little, my grandpa Padre always had John Denver records playing in the background\u2014I spent many afternoons listening to those songs, playing cards and doing jigsaw puzzles with him. Today, as I was thinking about our Capital Campaign, this song started playing in my mind\u2014in this Campaign, WE are sowing seeds for the future. And sometimes our progress is measured one inch at a time, but <em>every gift<\/em> and <em>every pledge<\/em> helps our garden grow. We ask for God\u2019s blessing and we pray that Our Home will be fertile ground for faith and love and hope to grow in all of us, in our families, and for all who follow in our footsteps.<\/p>\n<p><em>Peace &amp; Blessings,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Kaki McGeary, Campaign Co-Chair<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>**********<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you haven\u2019t yet made a pledge, can you help make our garden grow?\u00a0 If possible, please return your pledge <u>by May 15<sup>th<\/sup><\/u> (unless you are still waiting for a visit!).\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><em>Stop by our Campaign table in the Fellowship Hall to drop off pledge forms, pick up extra forms, ask questions, schedule a visit, or just say hi. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>********<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Save the Date!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ice Cream Social &amp; Campaign Celebration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, June 3\u00a0 (following single 9 a.m. service)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Please join us to celebrate our wonderful Faith Formation volunteers, Campaign volunteers &amp; all the blessings of this Capital Campaign. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And, of course, join us for sprinkles &amp; hot fudge! <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned for more details.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inch by inch, row by row Gonna make this garden grow All it takes is a rake and a hoe And a piece of fertile ground Inch by inch, row by row Someone bless these seeds I sow Someone warm them from below Till the rain comes tumbling down. ~ Songwriter David Mallett When I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-capital-campaign"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5665"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5668,"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5665\/revisions\/5668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}